"sorceress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sorceresses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sorceresse, from Anglo-Norman sorceresse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sorceresse}} Middle English sorceresse, {{der|en|xno|sorceresse}} Anglo-Norman sorceresse Head templates: {{en-noun}} sorceress (plural sorceresses)
  1. A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch. Categories (topical): Female people, Fictional abilities, Occult, People, Stock characters, Wicca Translations (female wizard): سَاحِرَة (sāḥira) [feminine] (Arabic), կախարդուհի (kaxarduhi) (Armenian), վհուկ (vhuk) (Armenian), чараўні́ца (čaraŭníca) [feminine] (Belarusian), чароде́йка (čarodéjka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), магьосница (magjosnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 巫婆 (wūpó) (Chinese Mandarin), pystriores [feminine] (Cornish), čarodějka [feminine] (Czech), kouzelnice [feminine] (Czech), troldkvinde [feminine] (Danish), tovenares (Dutch), sorĉistino (Esperanto), magiistino (Esperanto), velhotar (Finnish), sorcière [feminine] (French), Zaubererin [feminine] (German), Zaubrerin [feminine] (German), Zauberin [feminine] (German), Magierin [feminine] (German), Hexenmeisterin [feminine] (German), जादूगरनी (jādūgarnī) [feminine] (Hindi), भानमती (bhānamtī) [feminine] (Hindi), टोनहाई (ṭonhāī) (Hindi), strega [feminine] (Italian), 魔女 (majo) (alt: まじょ) (Japanese), 女魔術師 (jomajutshi) (alt: じょまじゅつし) (Japanese), 요정 (yojeong) (Korean), 마녀 (manyeo) (Korean), būrauka (Latgalian), maga [feminine] (Latin), venefica [feminine] (Latin), strīga [feminine] (Latin), lamia [feminine] (Latin), fascinatrix [feminine] (Latin), fascinatoria [feminine] (Latin), fascinans [feminine] (Latin), burve (Latvian), волшебничка (volšebnička) [feminine] (Macedonian), wahine mākutu (Maori), Hakjs [feminine] (Plautdietsch), czarodziejka [feminine] (Polish), czarownica [feminine] (Polish), zamawiaczka [feminine] (Polish), feiticeira [feminine] (Portuguese), bruxa [feminine] (Portuguese), волше́бница (volšébnica) [feminine] (Russian), колду́нья (koldúnʹja) [feminine] (Russian), чароде́йка (čarodéjka) [feminine] (Russian), ве́дьма (védʹma) (english: witch) [feminine] (Russian), bana-bhuidseach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), чаробница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), волшебница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čarobnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), volšebnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čarodejka [feminine] (Slovak), kúzelníčka [feminine] (Slovak), čarovnica [feminine] (Slovene), hechicera [feminine] (Spanish), bruja [feminine] (Spanish), чарівни́ця (čarivnýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), чароді́йка (čarodíjka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), чароді́йниця (čarodíjnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), jimagival (Volapük), מכשפֿה (makhsheyfe) [feminine] (Yiddish), מכשפֿטע (mekhashefte) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "word": "wahine mākutu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hakjs"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "czarodziejka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "czarownica"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zamawiaczka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feiticeira"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bruxa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "volšébnica",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "волше́бница"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koldúnʹja",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "колду́нья"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čarodéjka",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чароде́йка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "witch",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "védʹma",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ве́дьма"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bana-bhuidseach"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чаробница"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "волшебница"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čarobnica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "volšebnica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čarodejka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kúzelníčka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čarovnica"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hechicera"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bruja"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čarivnýcja",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чарівни́ця"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čarodíjka",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чароді́йка"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čarodíjnycja",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чароді́йниця"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "word": "jimagival"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "makhsheyfe",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מכשפֿה"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "mekhashefte",
          "sense": "female wizard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מכשפֿטע"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sorceress"
}
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sorceresse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sorceresse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "sorceresse"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman sorceresse",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sorceresse, from Anglo-Norman sorceresse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sorceresses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sorceress (plural sorceresses)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English female equivalent nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cornish translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latgalian translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
        "Ukrainian links with redundant target parameters",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Female people",
        "en:Fictional abilities",
        "en:Occult",
        "en:People",
        "en:Stock characters",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 328:",
          "text": "The strange-looking chamber, the red glare of the charcoal, her tall form, and long black hair loose, realised the wildest dream of one of the sorceresses of old, bending over herb and drug, to form their potent spells.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch."
      ],
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          "female",
          "female"
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          "sorcerer",
          "sorcerer"
        ],
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ],
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          "witch",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sāḥira",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سَاحِرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kaxarduhi",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "կախարդուհի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vhuk",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "վհուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "čaraŭníca",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чараўні́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čarodéjka",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чароде́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "magjosnica",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "магьосница"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūpó",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "巫婆"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pystriores"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čarodějka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kouzelnice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "troldkvinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "tovenares"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "sorĉistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "magiistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "velhotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sorcière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaubererin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaubrerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zauberin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Magierin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hexenmeisterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jādūgarnī",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "जादूगरनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhānamtī",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "भानमती"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭonhāī",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "टोनहाई"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strega"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まじょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "majo",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "魔女"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょまじゅつし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jomajutshi",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "女魔術師"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yojeong",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "요정"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "manyeo",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "마녀"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "būrauka"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maga"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "venefica"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strīga"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fascinatrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fascinatoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fascinans"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "burve"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "volšebnička",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волшебничка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "wahine mākutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hakjs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czarodziejka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czarownica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zamawiaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feiticeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volšébnica",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волше́бница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koldúnʹja",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колду́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čarodéjka",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чароде́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "witch",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "védʹma",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́дьма"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bana-bhuidseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чаробница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волшебница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čarobnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volšebnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čarodejka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kúzelníčka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čarovnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hechicera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čarivnýcja",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чарівни́ця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čarodíjka",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чароді́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čarodíjnycja",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чароді́йниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "word": "jimagival"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "makhsheyfe",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מכשפֿה"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mekhashefte",
      "sense": "female wizard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מכשפֿטע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sorceress"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.